Professional Tennis
Rafael Nadal moved to 2-0 in the Ilie Nastase Group at the ATP World Tour Finals in London, needing just 92 minutes to defeat Andy Murray 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday. Nadal began his run in London with a straight-set win over Stan Wawrinka in his first-round robin match, and looked every bit as strong in…
Kei Nishikori hung on to beat Czech Tomas Berdych 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in a round-robin match to earn his first victory of in the Stan Smith Group at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London on Tuesday. The eighth-seed from Japan broke late in the opening set to take a 6-5 lead, and after…
The reason we as fans love sports so much is because it often times plays as a mirror to life. The ups and downs of an athlete often serve as metaphors for life’s trials and tribulations. That is no more evident than in the story of American Venus Williams. The seven-time Grand Slam champion is…
The 2015 U.S. Open was supposed to be a celebration of American Serena Williams, who was going after the Calendar Grand Slam and trying to tie Steffi Graf’s record of 22 career Grand Slams in the Open Era, but the show was stolen by Italian Flavia Pennetta, who dazzled the Queens crowd for two weeks…
Andy Murray won his opening round-robin match at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Monday, defeating Spaniard David Ferrer 6-4, 6-4 in an Ilie Nastase Group matchup. Murray had multiple opportunities to break Ferrer early in the opening set, but failed to capitalize on three chances in the eighth game. But in Ferrer’s following…
The Czech Republic battled back to defeat Russia 3-2 over the weekend, winning the nation’s second consecutive Fed Cup title and ninth overall. “We are feeling unbelievable. We can’t describe it. I’m speechless,” said Barbora Strycova. “This atmosphere, playing here at home with such a crowd, it’s just unbelievable.” The two nations entered Sunday tied…
The Czech Republic will look to defend its Fed Cup championship this weekend when it takes on Russia. The two nations have met five times in Fed Cup history, with three of those encounters coming when the countries were Czechoslovakia and the USSR. The Czechs lead the head-to-head series 3-2. The Czech Republic team…
The best of the best on the ATP World Tour in 2016 will meet in London next week for the end of the year finals. The tournament begins Nov. 15 and will feature a bunch of familiar faces, with the big question heading in being: Can anyone take down Novak Djokovic? The world number one…
The ATP announced its annual awards on Wednesday, with Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Americans Bob & Mike Bryan taking home honors for their performances in 2015. Djokovic was named the ATP World Tour No. 1 for the second consecutive year and fourth time in his career. The Bryan Brothers were named the winners of the…
In the men’s standings for the 2015 USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge, American Noah Rubin took the early lead with 80 points by capturing his first career USTA Pro Circuit title at the $50,000 Charlottesville Men’s Pro Challenger in Charlottesville, Va., defeating fellow young American Tommy Paul, 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-3, in the…